Brake and Battery dash lights on???
08-01-2013, 04:38 AM
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Brake and Battery dash lights on???
Just had a strange thing happen on the way into work this morning. Both the Brake and Battery dash lights are on!! Car seems to run ok. When I got to work, I turned off the car, tried starting it and it had trouble starting. I've searched this forum, but not getting the correct hits. Would appreciate any ideas, thanks.
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08-01-2013, 05:44 AM
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Also, if you're still at work, i hope you have a way to charge or replace your battery. It sounds like its in the stage where it only has about 5 minutes of battery power running the car. If that. Could be wrong, but its better to be safe than sorry. Being stuck on the side of the road doesn't sound like fun to me. When mine went out i was stuck in a parking lot.
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08-01-2013, 05:52 AM
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Also, if you're still at work, i hope you have a way to charge or replace your battery. It sounds like its in the stage where it only has about 5 minutes of battery power running the car. If that. Could be wrong, but its better to be safe than sorry. Being stuck on the side of the road doesn't sound like fun to me. When mine went out i was stuck in a parking lot.
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08-01-2013, 06:10 AM
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On a full battery, you have an hour or so on driving. Just depends on what all you have running. When mine went out, it was pouring down rain, so i had my lights on, wipers going, and sounds system in my car was blasting for the first few minutes. It ran for about 30 minutes. i parked it and started it back up a few times too. But when it became hard to start, it had 5-10 minutes. Once you lose power and sounds like the engine is missing, you have about 10 useless seconds before the car wont start back up.
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08-01-2013, 06:31 AM
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Had you searched, you wouldve found countless threads on this subject
08-01-2013, 06:48 AM
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08-01-2013, 06:50 AM
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On a full battery, you have an hour or so on driving. Just depends on what all you have running. When mine went out, it was pouring down rain, so i had my lights on, wipers going, and sounds system in my car was blasting for the first few minutes. It ran for about 30 minutes. i parked it and started it back up a few times too. But when it became hard to start, it had 5-10 minutes. Once you lose power and sounds like the engine is missing, you have about 10 useless seconds before the car wont start back up.
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08-01-2013, 08:05 AM
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Could also just be your serpentine belt blew off. Mine did once after I flew through a massive puddle. That would cause your alternator to no longer spin and charge the battery. $40 belt and about 45 mins of my time. I ended up needing to replace the crank pulley since it was separating. $90 ebay pulley. If your belt did fly off I'd take a peek at that pulley make sure it's not wobbling at all
08-01-2013, 10:30 AM
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Originally Posted by Bryso21
Could also just be your serpentine belt blew off. Mine did once after I flew through a massive puddle. That would cause your alternator to no longer spin and charge the battery. $40 belt and about 45 mins of my time. I ended up needing to replace the crank pulley since it was separating. $90 ebay pulley. If your belt did fly off I'd take a peek at that pulley make sure it's not wobbling at all
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08-01-2013, 12:49 PM
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Trust us when we say your alternator is done...
08-01-2013, 02:48 PM
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It's always the alternator when you see the brake and the battery lights. It's the truth. My family's max just crapped on me and it had the same lights on the dashboards before the car stalled out. I bought a new battery and alternator. The battery was bought because the alternator destroyed it with it's negitive charge.
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